Child stunting in Equatorial Guinea

26.2% of children under five in Equatorial Guinea were stunted in 2011.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1997 to 2011 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Equatorial Guinea is for 2011. Most countries have figures for 2019.
Equatorial Guinea, 2011 26.2% % of children under 5
Change from 2004 −6.8percentage points 2004: 33.0%

Child stunting in Equatorial Guinea over time

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% of children under 5. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Stunting in children under five (% of children under 5), 2000 to 2011
Period Equatorial Guinea
2011 26.2%
2004 33.0%
2000 42.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 33.0% in 2004, a change of −6.8 percentage points.
  • Since 1997, when it was 38.7%, the figure has changed by −12.5 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank, Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.STNT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1997 to 2011 for Equatorial Guinea
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNICEF, WHO and World Bank, Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates